Franziska Daniels-Aurousseau lives with her husband in Switzerland. She was born in Japan and grew up in Europe in a multi-cultural, multi-lingual environment. She is keenly interested in the creative work of people living in non-industrial cultures. She is also generally interested in understanding their lifestyles and situations, and their often close relationships with nature.

She also feels very connected herself to nature. As an artist, she is especially captivated by what she feels is the visual poetry created by the interplay of light with nature's geologic forms and with living things. In addition, she feels that we have an obligation to our children and future generations to respect and preserve our natural environment.

In her paintings, she tries to express her thoughts, feelings and concerns about nature and its essence in fundamental ways that can be appreciated across cultural boundaries.

Along with formal studies in literature and languages, and also editing of scientific publications, she has had a long-term involvement in the visual arts. In her painting, she has spent much time in independent study of diverse techniques. Most important, though, is the time she spends experimenting with media on her own. She uses a variety of surfaces and materials.

Her works are on canvas, pressed-recycled wood, aquarelle paper and sometimes on natural objects. She uses and combines acrylic paint, Japanese calligraphy inks, powdered and liquid pigments and watercolors. For textural effects, she combines these media with charcoal, wood ash, sands and gravels. Some of her newest works are closer to sculpture and are created entirely from collections of natural objects arranged in unusual ways.

A few of her paintings are shown below. Click on the images to enlarge them. (The painting shown at the beginning of the website is called "Desert Trail", and is sold.) The works are protected by copyright (©Franziska Daniels-Aurousseau, 2004). Copying works from this website for commercial use is prohibited. If you want to purchase either original works or copies of them (prints or image files), please contact the artist (information below).

If you would like to know where her work is currently being shown, or make arrangements for commercial use, please contact the artist by email:

A heartfelt thanks to my husband, family and friends for their constant support, inspiration, care and love.   Franziska